SQLServerCentral.com / SQL Server 2008 / SQL Server Newbies / What is the set up to study 70-432? / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentral.comhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 16:39:16 GMT20RE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxAnd here's a 4th Gen i7 with 32 GB of ram ^.^; waaay too expensive.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152430this one is only 1840$http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834227050These look like my next laptop.Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:10:38 GMTBill (DBAOnTheGo)RE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxa DC can run off of 512MB... though 1GB loads faster. if it's not a production use File system, i'd go with 1GB or so. you can run SQL off 2, but it will run slow. I have 16 GB on my laptop and run it with 1GB on DC and 4 GB on the SQL boxes.Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:04:48 GMTBill (DBAOnTheGo)RE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxif that being the case,for clustering, if one VM required 4G and since in previous post by jasona.work that I need to set up 4VM,wouldn't that mean 4*4G, i.e. 16G of RAM since I need to allocate some RAM for my host? I don't think I have seen any laptop specs that provide more than 16G of RAM.Is there any compromise for domain controller and filesystem?thanks a lot!Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:01:33 GMTmssqlnoobRE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxAs a side note, the 70-432 Is being replaced by the 70-461 through 70-465. I would figure the specs would remain the same.Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:30:51 GMTBill (DBAOnTheGo)RE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxNo. SQL requires 1 GB, windows wants 1GB and running anything may take more. I personally use 4 GB of ram. it will run off 2GB but you will notice some latency ;-) for the licensing, you can do as previously mentioned and use the 180 trials. I use VMWare only because of an academic alliance through college. If not, I'd personally use Virtualbox because it's free and works well.Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:25:25 GMTBill (DBAOnTheGo)RE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxHi fromhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.100).aspx[quote]SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools(64-bit) x64...RAM:Minimum:512 MBRecommended: 1 GBMaximum: 1 GB for the[/quote]would allocating 1GB for each machine enough?thanksMon, 05 Aug 2013 20:04:50 GMTmssqlnoobRE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxFWIW - I have a Virtual Lab setup on my laptop.1 DC2 SAN VMs (freesan, 1 demo and 1 live)1 Cluster (2 boxes)2 stand alone sql servers (1 sql 2012 1 sql 2008 r2)1 windows base image1 old laptop imageand to top it all off1 OS X VMCurrently I used VirtualBox for the virtualizationI have 16GB ram (not all VMs run at once. For the cluster I would have 4 VMs running at once)1 256GB SSD1 700GB spinning diskYou can read my series on it here[url]http://jasonbrimhall.info/2012/12/24/on-the-twelfth-day/[/url]I still have one last article to finish for that seriesFri, 26 Jul 2013 11:35:43 GMTSQLRNNRRE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxVirtualization tech: Whatever you're comfortable withOSes: Licenses for the virtualization depends on what you go with, both MS and VMWare have free options. Guest OSes again will depend on you. If you think you can get through the training in under 180-days, MS offers trial versions of Windows Server and SQL Server.Disk space: Depends on what you choose to install when you install, I couldn't give you exact numbers.JasonFri, 26 Jul 2013 10:26:35 GMTjasona.workRE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxwhat should be the virtualization technology use? VMWare? Must I use microsoft virtualization software?also I need to purchase 4 OS licenses for learning this technology? Should I buy client or server OS for the guess OS?then what should be the disk requirements for the components that you mentioned?thanks a lot!Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:22:14 GMTmssqlnoobRE: What is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxAs long as you stay stingy on the disk space granted to a VM, you could probably get away with doing this with a virtualization server with a single 2TB disk in it.Thin-provision the disks, don't install anything you don't need, and it ought to fit. If your VMs would be what I think (1 domain controller, 2 SQL Servers, 1 file server) then 4 VMs is about right.JasonFri, 26 Jul 2013 10:08:08 GMTjasona.workWhat is the set up to study 70-432?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1478016-1292-1.aspxHi all,based on http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam.aspx?ID=70-432and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.100).aspx#SSETools_x64as the exam involves HA topics,what is the minimum setup required to get hands on topics relating to mirroring, log shipping, replication and clustering. believe that mirroring, and log shipping, replication are on db level, so in that case we can use 2 VM for thisbut for clustering it is on server level, so we need to use another 2VM.how should we set up the VM? how much disk space is required?what should be the virtualization technology that we should use?we needHard Disk Space Requirements (32-Bit and 64-Bit)would require a max of 240 MBbut how about the overall disk requirements? how should we partitioned the virtual disk?am I right to say I need to purchase 4* OS licenses for the VM?Please share your thoughts on the most affordable way to learn SQL server certification.thanks a lot!Fri, 26 Jul 2013 07:56:44 GMTmssqlnoob